From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 30 May 2002 14:49:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 30 May 2002 14:49:53 -0400 Received: from 12-224-36-73.client.attbi.com ([12.224.36.73]:13319 "HELO kroah.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 30 May 2002 14:49:53 -0400 Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 11:48:18 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Luca Barbieri Cc: Linux-Kernel ML Subject: Re: [PATCH] [2.4] ATM driver for the Alcatel SpeedTouch USB DSL modem Message-ID: <20020530184817.GB28893@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <1022782402.1920.130.camel@ldb> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: Linux 2.2.21 (i586) Reply-By: Thu, 02 May 2002 17:19:38 -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 08:13:22PM +0200, Luca Barbieri wrote: > Depends: > - [PATCH] [2.4, 2.5] printk helper functions > - [PATCH] [2.4] Waitable counter structure > - [PATCH] [2.4] ATM SAR support, based on SARlib Because of these dependencies (and the fact that the maintainer doesn't want it added yet) I will not apply this patch. > Recommends: > - [PATCH] [2.4] [2.5] Fix PPPoATM crash on disconnection > (tasklet_disable; kfree(tasklet)) > > Look at Configure.help for the description. > > This driver is based on the 1.5 driver written and maintained by Johan > Verrept. > I sent an older version of this set of patches to him on 16/may/2002. On > 20/may/2002 he replied saying that he would look at the patch, but he > didn't send me any further messages. > So, since the identity of the maintainer doesn't matter when deciding > whether to apply a patch or not, I'm sending this to linux-kernel > without waiting for an answer from the 1.5 maintainer in order to save > time. Sending this to linux-usb-devel might be a better place, instead of bothering linux-kernel. thanks, greg k-h